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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD | 3 |
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REV. N.R. JOHNSTON. | 14 |
McKIERNON’S LETTER. | 16 |
THE SEPARATION. | 20 |
UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LETTERS. | 21 |
LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 22 |
LETTER FROM MISS G.A. LEWIS (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 22 |
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LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ. | 24 |
LETTER FROM HAM & EGGS, SLAVE (U.G.R.R. AG’T). | 25 |
LETTER FROM REV H. WILSON (U.G.R.R. AG’T). | 25 |
LETTER FROM SHERIDAN FORD, IN DISTRESS. | 26 |
LETTER FROM E.F. PENNYPACKER (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 26 |
LETTER FROM JOS. C. BUSTILL (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 27 |
LETTER FROM A SLAVE SECRETED IN RICHMOND. | 27 |
LETTER FROM G.S. NELSON (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 27 |
LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON. | 28 |
LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON, A FUGITIVE, TO HIS MOTHER. | 28 |
LETTER FROM “WM. PENN” (OF THE BAR). | 28 |
LETTER FROM MISS THEODOCIA GILBERT. | 29 |
ARRIVED PER ERRICSON LINE OF STEAMERS, WRAPPED IN STRAW AND BOXED UP, | 30 |
WESLEY HARRIS,[A] ALIAS ROBERT JACKSON, AND THE MATTERSON BROTHERS. | 32 |
DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL—NEW NAME GEORGE WEEMS. | 35 |
JAMES MERCER, WM. H. GILLIAM, AND JOHN CLAYTON. | 38 |
LETTER FROM MRS. L.E. WHITE. | 40 |
LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY GILLIAM. | 42 |
JAMES MERCER’S LETTER. | 42 |
CLARISSA DAVIS. | 44 |
ANTHONY BLOW, ALIAS HENRY LEVISON. | 46 |
PERRY JOHNSON, OF ELKTON, MARYLAND. | 48 |
ISAAC FORMAN, WILLIAM DAVIS, AND WILLIS REDICK. | 49 |
EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM ISAAC FORMAN. | 49 |
SECOND LETTER. | 50 |
WILLIAM DAVIS. | 51 |
JOSEPH HENRY CAMP. | 51 |
SHERIDAN FORD. | 52 |
JOSEPH KNEELAND, ALIAS JOSEPH HULSON. | 53 |
EX-PRESIDENT TYLER’S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC “ARTICLE.” | 54 |
EDWARD MORGAN, HENRY JOHNSON, JAMES AND STEPHEN BUTLER. | 55 |
HENRY PREDO. | 57 |
DANIEL HUGHES. | 57 |
THOMAS ELLIOTT. | 58 |
MARY EPPS, ALIAS EMMA BROWN—JOSEPH AND ROBERT ROBINSON. | 59 |
GEORGE SOLOMON, DANIEL NEALL, BENJAMIN R. FLETCHER AND MARIA DORSEY. | 63 |
HENRY BOX BROWN. | 66 |
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LETTER COPIED FROM THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. | 72 |
THE ARRIVALS OF A SINGLE MONTH. | 82 |
SAMUEL PATTISON’S LETTER. | 87 |
INTERESTING LETTER FROM ISRAEL. | 91 |
LETTER FROM JOHN AUGUSTA. | 96 |
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A SLAVE GIRL’S NARRATIVE. | 98 |
ARRIVAL OF JACKSON, ISAAC AND EDMONDSON TURNER FROM PETERSBURG. | 103 |
LETTERS AND WARNING TO SLAVEHOLDERS. | 103 |
A WARNING TO SLAVE-HOLDERS. | 106 |
ROBERT BROWN, ALIAS THOMAS JONES. | 107 |
ANTHONY LONEY, ALIAS WILLIAM ARMSTEAD. | 108 |
CORNELIUS SCOTT. | 109 |
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, ALIAS JOHN WILLIAMS. | 109 |
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WILLIAM JORDON, ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE | 115 |
JOSEPH GRANT AND JOHN SPEAKS. | 117 |
WILLIAM N. TAYLOR. | 120 |
LOUISA BROWN. | 121 |
JACOB WATERS AND ALFRED GOULDEN. | 121 |
ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE. | 121 |
LETTER FROM JEFFERSON PIPKINS. | 122 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND. | 126 |
EIGHT ARRIVALS: | 128 |
CHARLES THOMPSON, | 131 |
BLOOD FLOWED FREELY. | 135 |
JOHN PETTIFOOT. | 138 |
EMANUEL T. WHITE. | 139 |
THE ESCAPE OF A CHILD FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD. | 140 |
LETTER FROM “J.B.” | 140 |
LETTERS FROM E.L. STEVENS. | 141 |
ESCAPE OF A YOUNG SLAVE MOTHER. | 143 |
SAMUEL W. JOHNSON. | 144 |
LETTER FROM SAMUEL W. JOHNSON TO HIS WIFE. | 145 |
FAMILY FROM BALTIMORE. | 146 |
ELIJAH HILTON. | 147 |
SOLOMON BROWN. | 149 |
WILLIAM HOGG, ALIAS JOHN SMITH. | 149 |
TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS FEOM MARYLAND. | 150 |
CAPTAIN F. AND THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK. | 151 |
ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. | 157 |
LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ. | 162 |
SECOND LETTER FROM LAWYER BIGELOW. | 164 |
LETTER FROM THE MOTHER. | 173 |
LETTERS FROM WILLIAM PENN. | 174 |
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FIRST LETTER | 179 |
SECOND LETTER. | 180 |
THIRD LETTER. | 181 |
FOURTH LETTER. | 182 |
FIFTH LETTER. | 184 |
SIXTH LETTER. | 185 |
SEVENTH LETTER. | 185 |
EIGHTH LETTER. | 186 |
NINTH LETTER. | 187 |
TENTH LETTER. | 188 |
ELEVENTH LETTER. | 189 |
TWELFTH LETTER. | 189 |
THIRTEENTH LETTER. | 190 |
THE ESCAPE OF HEZEKIAH HILL. | 190 |
JAMES—(BROTHER OF JOHN HENRY HILL). | 192 |
FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. | 193 |
SAMUEL BUSH, ALIAS WILLIAM OBLEBEE. | 194 |
JOHN SPENCER AND HIS SON WILLIAM, AND JAMES ALBERT. | 194 |
HETTY SCOTT ALIAS MARGARET DUNCANS AND DAUGHTER PRISCILLA. | 195 |
ROBERT FISHER. | 195 |
HANSEL WAPLES. | 196 |
ROSE ANNA TONNELL ALIAS MARIA HYDE. | 196 |
MARY ENNIS ALIAS LICIA HEMMIN. | 197 |
FROM RICHMOND AND NORFOLK, VA. | 200 |
SUSAN BROOKS. | 201 |
WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS. | 202 |
FOUR ARRIVALS. | 203 |
SECOND LETTER. | 210 |
THIRD LETTER. | 211 |
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CHARLES GILBERT. | 224 |
LIBERTY OR DEATH. | 228 |
SALT-WATER FUGITIVE. | 230 |
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COPY OF DISCHARGE. | 233 |
TEN YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR HAVING A COPY OF UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. | 234 |
AN IRISH GIRL’S DEVOTION TO FREEDOM. | 238 |
FIRST LETTER. | 239 |
THIRD LETTER. | 240 |
LETTER FROM A. GOODWIN. | 244 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS | 248 |
HEAVY REWARD. | 261 |
SLAVE TRADER HALL IS FOILED. | 262 |
ESCAPING IN A CHEST. | 270 |
ISAAC WILLIAMS, HENRY BANKS, AND KIT NICKLESS. | 272 |
SEPTEMBER 28, 1856. | 274 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS, ABOUT AUGUST 1ST, 1855. | 276 |
DEEP FURROWS ON THE BACK. | 282 |
THOMAS GARRETT’S LETTER. | 284 |
ESCAPED FROM “A WORTHLESS SOT.” | 287 |
WILLIAM BUTCHER, ALIAS WILLIAM T. MITCHELL. | 289 |
HARRIET SHEPHARD, AND HER FIVE CHILDREN, WITH FIVE OTHER PASSENGERS. | 290 |
EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS SECRETED. | 291 |
ARTHUR FOWLER, ALIAS BENJAMIN JOHNSON. | 292 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS. | 293 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS ABOUT JANUARY FIRST, 1855. | 296 |
SLAVE-HOLDER IN MARYLAND WITH THREE COLORED WIVES. | 301 |
CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH NINE PASSENGERS. | 302 |
OWEN AND OTHO TAYLOR’S FLIGHT WITH HORSES, ETC. | 307 |
HEAVY REWARD. | 311 |
CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH FOURTEEN “PRIME ARTICLES” ON BOARD. | 312 |
NAMES OF THE “ARTICLES.” | 312 |
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PART OF THE ARRIVALS IN DECEMBER, 1855. | 325 |
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL OF 1850. | 329 |
THE SLAVE-HUNTING TRAGEDY IN LANCASTER COUNTY, IN SEPTEMBER, 1851. | 335 |
THE LAW OF TREASON, AS LAID DOWN BY JUDGE KANE. | 344 |
COPY OF THE INDICTMENT. | 349 |
WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT. | 355 |
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ARRIVALS FROM RICHMOND. | 364 |
PASSENGERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. | 366 |
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THOMAS CLINTON, SAUNEY PRY AND BENJAMIN DUCKET. | 368 |
ARRIVALS IN APRIL, 1856. | 369 |
FIVE FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS ROADS. | 373 |
PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND, 1857. | 375 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 377 |
ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857. | 378 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857. | 379 |
ARRIVAL FROM CAMBRIDGE, 1857. | 380 |
OLD JANE DAVIS—FLED TO ESCAPE THE AUCTION-BLOCK. | 380 |
BENJAMIN ROSS, AND HIS WIFE HARRIET. | 381 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857. | 382 |
ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1857. | 383 |
THE WIFE’S STATEMENT | 383 |
ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, 1857. | 384 |
THE ACTING COMMITTEE | 386 |
ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857. | 387 |
ARRIVAL FROM NEW ORLEANS, 1857. | 388 |
ANOTHER SLAVE HUNT IN PHILADELPHIA. | 391 |
ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. | 392 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857. | 394 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 394 |
ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS-ROADS, 1857. | 395 |
ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA. | 396 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 396 |
ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA. | 397 |
ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. | 398 |
FOUR ABLE-BODIED “ARTICLES” IN ONE ARRIVAL, 1857. | 399 |
ARRIVAL FROM ARLINGTON, MD. 1857. | 401 |
FIVE PASSENGERS, 1857. | 403 |
ARRIVAL FROM HOWARD CO., MD., 1857. | 403 |
ARRIVAL FROM PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD. | 405 |
ARRIVAL FROM RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, 1857. | 405 |
ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA, 1857. | 406 |
EDWARD LEWIS. | 409 |
ALFRED HOLLON, GEORGE AND CHARLES N. RODGERS. | 411 |
ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, 1857. | 412 |
ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY, 1857. | 413 |
MARY COOPER AND MOSES ARMSTEAD, 1857. | 413 |
ARRIVAL FROM NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. | 413 |
ARRIVAL FROM HARFORD CO., 1857. | 417 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857. | 417 |
ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA. 1857. | 418 |
ARRIVAL FROM HOOPESVILLE, MD., 1857. | 420 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 421 |
ARRIVAL FROM QUEEN ANN COUNTY, 1858. | 422 |
ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE. | 423 |
ARRIVAL FROM DUNWOODY COUNTY, 1858. | 423 |
ARRIVED FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1857. | 424 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 424 |
ARRIVAL FROM PETERSBURG, 1858. | 425 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 426 |
ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF SIX, 1858. | 426 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 430 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 431 |
ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1858. | 431 |
ARRIVAL FROM HIGHTSTOWN, 1858. | 432 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 433 |
ARRIVAL FROM BELLEAIR. | 434 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 436 |
ARRIVAL FROM NEW MARKET, 1858. | 438 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 439 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 440 |
ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA., 1858. | 441 |
ARRIVAL FROM NEAR BALTIMORE, 1858. | 442 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 443 |
ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858. | 443 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 444 |
ARRIVAL FROM THE OLD DOMINION. | 444 |
ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858. | 449 |
ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858. | 450 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 450 |
ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND DELAWARE. | 451 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 452 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 455 |
SECOND LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT. | 456 |
ARRIVAL FROM HONEY BROOK TOWNSHIP, 1858. | 457 |
ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1858. | 457 |
ARRIVAL FROM THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. | 459 |
CROSSING THE BAY IN A SKIFF. | 460 |
ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, MD., 1858. | 463 |
ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858. | 464 |
ARRIVAL FROM CECIL COUNTY, 1858. | 465 |
ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN, D.C., 1858. | 465 |
ARRIVAL FROM SUSSEX COUNTY, 1858. | 466 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS IN 1859. | 469 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 471 |
ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858. | 472 |
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ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 474 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859. | 476 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS, 1859. | 477 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859. | 480 |
ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1859. | 480 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1859. | 481 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND (1859) | 481 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 483 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 484 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. | 485 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. | 486 |
ARRIVAL FROM SEAFORD, 1859. | 487 |
ARRIVAL FROM TAPPS’ NECK, MD., 1859. | 488 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859. | 489 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. | 491 |
ARRIVAL FROM DIFFERENT POINTS. | 492 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860. | 496 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1860. | 497 |
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ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1860. | 499 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 500 |
ARRIVAL FROM FREDERICKSBURG, 1860. | 501 |
SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860. | 502 |
CROSSING THE BAY IN A BATTEAU. | 504 |
ARRIVAL FROM DORCHESTER CO., 1860. | 506 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1860. | 507 |
TWELVE MONTHS IN THE WOODS, 1860. | 507 |
ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 508 |
A SLAVE CATCHER CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP. | 509 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 511 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 514 |
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND. | 516 |
ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1854. | 531 |
ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK. | 533 |
ARRIVAL OF FIFTEEN FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. | 534 |
THE CASE OF EUPHEMIA WILLIAMS, | 541 |
THE OVERSEER IS NOW EXAMINED. | 545 |
HELPERS AND SYMPATHIZERS AT HOME AND ABROAD—INTERESTING LETTERS. | 558 |
PAMPHLET, AND LETTERS | 567 |
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SLAVE. | 567 |
WOMAN ESCAPING IN A BOX, 1857. | 583 |
ORGANIZATION OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. | 585 |
PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES. | 587 |
ABIGAIL GOODWIN. | 591 |
FAITHFUL WORKERS IN THE CAUSE. | 596 |
THOMAS GARRETT. | 596 |
THE TRIAL OF THE CASES, 1848. | 604 |
FOUR OF GOD’S POOR. | 613 |
FOUR FEMALES ON BOARD. | 614 |
DANIEL GIBBONS. | 615 |
LUCRETIA MOTT. | 623 |
JAMES MILLER McKIM. | 628 |
EMINENT ANTI-SLAVERY MEN | 632 |
WILLIAM H. FURNESS, D.D. | 633 |
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. | 639 |
SPEECH OF MR. BRIGHT, M.P. | 642 |
SPEECH OF THE DUKE OF ARGYLL. | 646 |
SPEECH OF MR. GARRISON. | 650 |
ELIJAH F. PENNYPACKER, | 662 |
STATION MASTERS ON THE ROAD. | 665 |
WILLIAM WRIGHT. | 665 |
DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL. | 669 |
THOMAS SHIPLEY.[A] | 672 |
THOMAS SHIPLEY, | 683 |
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. | 684 |
JOHN HUNN. | 685 |
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BY JOHN HUNN. | 689 |
OFFICERS OF THE ROAD. | 692 |
SAMUEL RHOADS | 693 |
GEORGE CORSON | 695 |
CHARLES D. CLEVELAND. | 697 |
OUR OBJECT. | 702 |
WILLIAM WHIPPER. | 710 |
ISAAC T. HOPPER. | 715 |
SAMUEL D. BURRIS, | 721 |
MARIANN, GRACE ANNA, AND ELIZABETH R. LEWIS. | 723 |
EARNEST IN THE CAUSE. | 723 |
CUNNINGHAM’S RACHE. | 729 |
FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER. | 730 |
CHRISTIANITY. | 731 |
LETTER TO JOHN BROWN’S WIFE. | 738 |
TO THE UNION SAVERS OF CLEVELAND. | 740 |
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. | 746 |
PRIVATE LECTURES TO FREEDWOMEN. | 749 |
A LECTURE. | 753 |
THE END. | 759 |
PREFACE, 1-6. | 759 |
CONTENTS, 9-21. | 760 |
WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT IT | 780 |
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, | 787 |
PEOPLE’S PUBLISHING CO., | 790 |